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[zlurker]

Yeah but how do I test them? I added the reactions but want to be sure they work.

[Meph]

Gen a world, embark, build the petshop, buy the pets?

(probably easier if you add them free of charge to the STILL or CRAFTSMAN, so you have quick access to them. Once you have tested all of them, move them back to the petshop and add the coins back.)

Out of curiosity: Which creatures are you adding? I have the feeling that McTeellox might want to have the reactions/inorganics as well, for github.

[zlurker]

Oh I kind of doubt he'd want them. I'm adding ones for the mod-specific semi-/megabeasts since I've never seen any show up while playing though I'm not sure I can figure out how to make it spawn the chromatic ones but I'm trying. Also can you add spawning things to the still? That'd definitely make it slightly faster since I'd have the parts for one after knocking down a tree.

[Meph]

I usually add all my testing stuff to the still... many people can attest to that, since I have forgotten them 3 times in the uploads. ^^

[zlurker]

Well I'm not really big on modding. The only reason I really wanted to add the buying is because I saw that long list of megabeasts and was saddened I never see them. Also, I might add the gigantic elephants because having 150,000,000 elephant for a guard pet would be funny.
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Okay the reaction isn't showing up in the still. Not really sure what I'm doing wrong.

This is what's in inorganic_zmasterwork:

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[INORGANIC:SPAWN_BLACK_MALE][USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_VAPOR_TEMPLATE][STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL:Creature][SYNDROME][SYN_CLASS:\COMMAND][SYN_CLASS:spawn][SYN_CLASS:BLACK_MALE][SYN_CLASS:1][SYN_CLASS:Black Male][SYN_CLASS:\LOCATION]

This is what's in reactions_masterwork:

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[REACTION:BUY_PET_M_BLACK_DRAGON]
[NAME:Buy black dragon(m) for 5000 sovereigns]
[BUILDING:STILL:CUSTOM_J]
[PRODUCT:100:1:BOULDER:NONE:INORGANIC:BLACK_MALE]
[SKILL:BREWING]

And this is what's in entity_default:

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YESSTILL[PERMITTED:REACTION:BUY_PET_M_BLACK_DRAGON]

[Meph]

Ok, make that PERMITTED_REACTION instead of PERMITTED:REACTION, change the inorganics, they are very wrong. Its not syn_class:Caste, its syn_class:creature_id, and syn_class:# is the caste. So if the first caste in the creature file is a black dragon, you want: SYN_CLASS:DRAGON, SYN_CLASS:0, which will generate the first caste of the creature:DRAGON.

The command is also not needed, if you are using 4f, since it uses dfhack r4, which has different tags.

[zlurker]

I got the reaction to show up but when it fired nothing appeared.

[Meph]

Check your dfhack window. It will probably show some kind of error log.

[zlurker]

Nope, nothing shows up. This is what my inorganic looks like now:

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[INORGANIC:SPAWN_M_BLUE_DRAGON][USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_VAPOR_TEMPLATE][STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL:Creature][SYNDROME][SYN_CLASS:spawn][SYN_CLASS:DRAGON][SYN_CLASS:1][SYN_CLASS:Black Dragon Female][SYN_CLASS:\LOCATION]

[Meph]

[INORGANIC:SPAWN_M_BLUE_DRAGON]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:STONE_VAPOR_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME_ADJ:ALL:Creature]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_CLASS:\AUTO_SYNDROME] => Lets dfhack know that this will activate the script
[SYN_CLASS:\COMMAND] => Lets dfhack know that this is the command thats entered
[SYN_CLASS:spawn]
[SYN_CLASS:DRAGON]
[SYN_CLASS:1]
[SYN_CLASS:Black Dragon Female]
[SYN_CLASS:\LOCATION] => Lets dfhack know the location.

Its the same as entering "spawn dragon 1 name". Thats exactly what the syn-classes spell out.

[zlurker]

Okay I got it to spawn a dragon but it's the regular vanilla-DF one and not the chromatic like I was aiming for. Still, happy it's working if off-target.
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Maybe I should change it from DRAGON to DRAGON_CHROMATIC?
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Yup, that seemed to make it target them. Now to just copy-paste about three dozen more entries for all the other stuff. DX
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Oops, they keep showing up as 'blue dragon female, dragon'. Is there any way to fix this? Or can I just use DFHack to rename them?

[Meph]

the last syn-class is the name. it can be SYN_CLASS:Bob. You will now get "Bob, dragon".

[zlurker]

Huh, not sure what I should enter for the names then. It just looks sort of weird with blah, dragon. Any suggestions?

[Meph]

Dragon, dragon ?
Gaxkang the Unbound, dragon?
Buxdehude Jack, dragon?

[zlurker]

It's too bad there's no way to give them random ones.